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Bucky Badger Designs by Kids

By Marcia Beckett | October 26, 2018 - 6:01 pm |July 5, 2024 all grades, contemporary artists, drawing

A collage of colorful, hand-drawn Bucky Badger designs dressed in various themed costumes, featuring playful designs, displayed vertically.

This past summer, there were painted Bucky Badger sculptures all over our city. The Badger is the mascot of the University of Wisconsin. I wrote all about it in a previous blog post which you can read here. I shared already the large collaborative Bucky Badger puzzle designs we made. After we made the large group Buckys, each student made their own smaller Bucky design. They had the opportunity to design it however they wanted. Take a look at some … Read more… →

Painted Rocks with Magazine Cut Outs

By Marcia Beckett | August 4, 2017 - 3:38 pm |July 5, 2024 all grades, painting, Teachers Pay Teachers

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Three painted rocks with positive messages: "DISCOVER," "make," and "BRAVE." The colorful rocks are decorated with magazine cut outs, adding a unique touch.

At the end of the school year, my students had fun painting rocks and using magazine words to decorate them. We used acrylic paints to paint the rocks. Then, we used Mod Podge to glue down the words and seal them. The metallic paint was from Target’s little acrylic paint jars. I have some printable magazine word cut outs in my shop for easy use. Just print, cut out and go! These are perfect for collages, art journals and “About … Read more… →

Rubber Ducky Art Project for Kids

By Marcia Beckett | October 19, 2015 - 12:06 pm |July 5, 2024 all grades, bulletin board, drawing

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A grid of 16 colorful and creatively decorated duck drawings, each uniquely themed and detailed, making it an amusing art project for kids.

While vacationing in Michigan this summer, I came across some really cool public sculptures of different themed ducks. You can see pictures of these sculptures on this previous blog post. At the beginning of the school year, I showed my students lots of examples of these public sculptures and we talked about how one of these public art exhibitions works. City of St. Joseph Public ART St. Joseph Ducks Facebook Page Then, they used a simple duck template and transformed … Read more… →